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Shawl

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-191005

Description

Long rectangular pink silk shawl. The shawl has a pale pink center and progresses to fuchsia ends. The top and bottom edges of the shawl have four horizontal bands that follow the same color progression as the center panel of the shawl. Both ends of the shawl are trimmed with a fuchsia band. There is a tag sewn into the upper left corner, "A.P. Phillips".

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
silk (textile)
Shawl

Inscription

"A.P. Phillips"

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P882

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 13/16 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1302

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